Resumé - Christopher Azar
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CHRISTOPHER AZAR
web ChristopherAzar.com email [email protected] mobile (401) 219–2346
work INTERACTION DESIGNER Trove (formerly, WaPo Labs) Summer 2012–Present Washington, DC
Create powerful tools to empower news junkies and enthusiasts Establish and evolve a visual system for Trove across platforms and devices Bring feature ideas from whiteboard, to wireframes, to high-res mocks, to UX Testing
PRODUCT DESIGNER, CO-FOUNDER Little Tinker May–September 2012 Syracuse, NY
Started a company to create more delightful interations with technology Created several installations that connected physical objects to the internet Combined 3D Printing, physical prototyping, Arduindo programming
WEB DESIGN INSTRUCTOR Syracuse University Spring 2010, Fall–Spring 2011 Syracuse, NY
Instructed a 400 level undergraduate course: PAF 410, Intro to Web Design Prepared and deliver curriculum on HTML, CSS, and Intro to JavaScript Generated and grade projects and exams for a class of fifteen undergraduates
DESIGN INTERN Eident Sports Marketing Summer 2009–2010 Providence, RI
Designed covers for print including the ECAC catalog, RI Sports Awards program Updated several sites including RISportsAwards.com and AmicaTriathlonSeries.com
FREELANCE WEB DESIGNER Shoreline Design 2009–2011
Services included: hand coded web sites, identity design, and DSLR photography Clients included: SUHockey.com, AttorneyBarboza.com and WomaDesign.com
VISUAL: UI+UX Design, Interaction Design, Illustration, Photography
skills
CODE: HTML, SASS/LESS, JavaScript/jQuery for prototyping OTHER: Git, Jira, Agile Development, Google Analytics, BrowserStack, Marketing
education SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY May 2012 Bachelor of Science with Honors in Graphic Design and Policy Studies
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship
Honors cum laude, 2012 Recipient of Society for News Design Edmund Arnold Award for design excellence, RvD IDEA Entrepreneurship Award Activities SU Student Startup Sandbox, Volunteer Director of Ed Smith Tennis Program, Study Abroad Program for Photography, London; Alternative Spring Break helping the homeless with DC Central Kitchen and Street Sense
achievements 26.2 FINISHER 2013 Marine Corps Marathon, 3:46:31 (8:38/mi pace) EAGLE SCOUT Troop Six Bristol, RI PERSON OF THE YEAR Time Magazine, 2006
